Masculine body ideologies as a non-gynocentric framework for the psychological study of the male body.

摘要: Psychological research of the body disproportionately centers on body-appearance concerns. Grounded in women's experience objectification, it neglects much men's bodily experience. To address this we introduce Masculine Body Ideologies (MBI), a set belief systems that prescribe how men should engage with their bodies. Three MBI ideal-types are identified and situated within broader masculinity ideologies: unattended, functional ideology associated traditional rooted modern industrial society; metrosexual post-industrial, consumer reemploying signifiers functionality to form an objectified esthetics; holistic emphasizing inner-harmony, authenticity expressivity, manifesting post-industrial trends self-aware masculinity. As normative framework, underscores similar practices may be motivated by different concerns alternative ideologies. This framework can clarify conceptual empirical inconsistencies studies male inform emerging mental-health considerations.